ROBERTS, GERALD RAY
REMAINS RETURNED 93-94
IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
Name: Gerald Ray Roberts
Branch/Rank: United States Navy/O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 08 April 1934
Home City of Record: SAN MARCOS TX
Date of Loss: 02 December 1965
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 180158 North 1062159 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A1H #139755
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0201
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020
REMARKS:
CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/10 YRS UNITED STATES NAVY
REMAINS RETURNED 93-94 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
No further information available at this time.
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02/2020
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On October 10, 1996, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA)
identified the remains of Lieutenant Commander Gerald Ray
Roberts, missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Commander Roberts entered the U.S. Navy from Texas
and was a member of Attack Squadron 196, Carrier Air Wing 19. On
December 2, 1965, he piloted an A-1A Skyraider (bureau number
139755, call sign "Milestone 612") that was the leader in a
formation of aircraft on a bombing mission against enemy targets
in North Vietnam. Prior to departing the target area, his
aircraft crashed for unknown reasons, killing LCDR Roberts. The
crash site was in Ha Tinh Province, where enemy presence
prevented search and recovery efforts, and LCDR Roberts' remains
could not be recovered at the time. In 1993 and 1994, U.S.
investigators visited the crash site and recovered physical
evidence and human remains, and in 1996 were able to identify
LCDR Roberts from these remains.
Lieutenant Commander Roberts is memorialized on Courts of the
Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.